Section: New approaches: Dr Russ Humphreys

Discussion questions

What are some of the weaknesses in Dr Humphreys’ original white hole cosmology?

Explain how Dr Humphreys’ new model draws on Scripture to provide a framework.

What other assumptions does Dr Humphreys make?

Dr Humphreys’ new model describes the earth as being plunged into a zone of ‘timelessness’. What are the physical effects of this on earth? What are the physical effects of this outside the timeless zone?

What would an observer on Earth see as the result of Dr Humphreys’ model?

How has Dr Humphreys’ model been applied to scientific anomalies such as the ‘Pioneer anomaly’?

Section: New approaches: Dr John Hartnett

Discussion questions

Describe the concept of ‘cosmological relativity’.

What are some of the strengths of the cosmological relativity concept?

Dr John Hartnett uses the concepts of a cosmic centre of mass, expansion of space, and recent time dilation and incorporates cosmological relativity. Cosmological relativity is derived from the development of special relativity theory (the effect of motion on time) for the large scale structure of the universe. The model involves the usual four dimensions (three of space, plus time) but adds a new fifth dimension, the velocity of the expansion of the cosmos, which is like the effect that velocity has on time in special relativity. When applied to a universe with a centre of mass it explains a lot of what we see. Time dilation also results, but not due to a net gravitational effect in a finite bounded universe—it is due to the enormous stretching of the fabric of space. At Creation, God caused space to rapidly expand such that clocks on Earth at the centre of the expansion ran very slowly compared to clocks in galaxies in the expanding cosmos.

What are some of the problems that Dr Hartnett’s cosmology solves?

Further discussion questions

Although ‘distant starlight’ seems a problem for the Biblical young-universe teaching, there are many other astronomical evidences that point toward a young universe. Write a paper presenting various evidences for a young universe. (See also Q&A: ‘Young’ age of the Earth and Universe—Astronomy).

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